What is Rails API?
Rails::API is a subset of a normal Rails application, created for applications that don't require all functionality that a complete Rails application provides. It is a bit more lightweight, and consequently a bit faster than a normal Rails application. The main example for its usage is in API applications only, where you usually don't need the entire Rails middleware stack nor template generation.
Rails API is a tool in the Microframeworks (Backend) category of a tech stack.
Rails API is an open source tool with 5.2K GitHub stars and 279 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Rails API's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Rails API?
Companies
7 companies reportedly use Rails API in their tech stacks, including Stessa, smartzip, and Complitech Solutions Pvt. Ltd..
Developers
84 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Rails API.
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Decisions about Rails API
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Rails API in their tech stack.
Ladi Adeniran
`Backend Engineer at Ketchup Academy · | 2 upvotes · 1.8K views
I am currently thinking of adding search capabilities to a Rails API consumed by a Vue.js app, and I want to decide what tool is best to use for the search.
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Rails API Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Rails API?
Grape
Grape is a REST-like API micro-framework for Ruby. It's designed to run on Rack or complement existing web application frameworks such as Rails and Sinatra by providing a simple DSL to easily develop RESTful APIs. It has built-in support for common conventions, including multiple formats, subdomain/prefix restriction, content negotiation, versioning and much more.
Django
Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.
Flask
Flask is intended for getting started very quickly and was developed with best intentions in mind.
Sinatra
Sinatra is a DSL for quickly creating web applications in Ruby with minimal effort.
Rails
Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.
